title: [Leukocyte transfusion as therapy of recurrent CML after allogenic bone marrow transplantation].
abstract: Eight patients with relapsed chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) were treated with alpha-interferon and leukocyte transfusions of the bone marrow donor. Six patients responded with disappearance of leukemic cells (Ph1, BCR-ABL) and reestablished donor hemopoiesis. All six patients developed bone marrow hypoplasia and graft-versus-host disease (GvHD). Three of the six patients died of cerebral bleeding, infection and GvHD, respectively. The remaining three patients are alive and well at day 418, 677, 818 after leukocyte transfusions. Two patients relapsed with more advanced disease of CML after BMT and failed treatment. Donor leukocyte transfusions provide an effective therapy for patients with relapsed CML after BMT, but are associated with a high mortality due to bone marrow hypoplasia and GvHD.
authors.affiliation: DRK-Blutspendezentrale Ulm und Abteilung Transfusionsmedizin, Universität Ulm, Deutschland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wiesneth
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hertenstein
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bunjes
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Novotny
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stefanic
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Heinze
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schreiner
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kubanek
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Heimpel
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Arnold
mesh_terms: D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000032:analysis; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D016238:Cytapheresis; D006086:Graft vs Host Disease; D006801:Humans; D016898:Interferon-alpha / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015464:Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy*; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D017708:Leukocyte Transfusion; D012008:Recurrence; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D016898:Interferon-alpha
vernacular_title: Leukozytentransfusion zur Therapie des CML-Rezidivs nach allogener Knochenmarktransplantation.